Jesse Hamilton

Love the minutia of banking but don’t relish the hassle of making tons of money? You may have what it takes to be a regulator, and there are few better paths than the Senate Banking Committee staff. Federal Deposit Insurance...

When are drug cartels and terrorism funny? When you know your audience, as Sen. Mark Kirk apparently did when he devoted his microphone to a comedic moment as the Senate Banking Committee grilled federal regulators today. After hearing banking regulators...

Fresh from a mixed Oscars performance, the reanimated spirit of Abraham Lincoln can seek solace today in the 150th birthday celebration kicked off by one of his lesser-known legacies. While fighting the Civil War and emancipating slaves, the 16th president...

Sheila Bair, former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., recounts the time she was approached by a fellow airline passenger who joked that the FDIC must be short on cash for her to fly coach. “No, we have plenty...

Who says Congress can’t agree on financial legislation? Before calling it a week today, House lawmakers approved a bill that removes references to “lunatics” from federal banking law. The bill introduced by Senator Kent Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat and...